Velarifictorus micado

Velarifictorus micado
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Gryllidae
Genus:	Velarifictorus
Subgenus:
Species:	V. micado
Binomial name
Velarifictorus micado (Saussure, 1877)
Synonyms
Gryllus latefasciatus Chopard, 1933

The Japanese burrowing cricket (Velarifictorus micado) is a cricket in the subfamily Gryllinae (family Gryllidae)^[1][2] and tribe Modicogryllini. It is found throughout South Asia, along with an introduced population in the United States.^[2] It was first reported in the US in 1959, likely as overwintering eggs in the soil of imported plants, and has since spread all throughout the eastern half of the country.^[3][4]

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  V. micado front

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  paralyzed by a wasp - dorsal Wildlife Prairie Park

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  paralyzed by a wasp - ventral Wildlife Prairie Park

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  V. micado song

References[]

Further reading[]

• Alexander, Richard D., and Thomas J. Walker (1962). Two introduced field crickets new to eastern United States (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, vol. 55, no. 1, 90-94.
• Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
• Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States, Capinera, Scott, Walker. 2004. Cornell University Press.

External links[]

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Velarifictorus micado
• Citizen science observations for Velarifictorus micado at iNaturalist
• Media related to Velarifictorus micado at Wikimedia Commons

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